
Vantage 2025: The Year FinOps Became Agentic
A look back at how Vantage launched autonomous agents, MCP integrations, and expanded cloud coverage in 2025.
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A look back at how Vantage launched autonomous agents, MCP integrations, and expanded cloud coverage in 2025.

A recap of the top 10 cost-saving announcements from AWS re:Invent.

AWS Database Savings Plans offer a flexible new way to save up to 35% on RDS, Aurora, ElastiCache, and more, without the rigidity of Reserved Instances.

Neon lowered compute pricing by 15-25% after it was acquired by Databricks. AWS discounts are likely the reason.

FinOps is stuck in the manual era with passive dashboards and reports. The future is agentic: AI-powered systems that detect and remediate cost issues automatically.

Cursor might feel like “just a dev tool” but it's infrastructure spend hiding in plain sight. Therefore it's important to understand how it's priced and how it fits into your overall engineering spend.

Accurate cost allocation starts with consistent, complete tagging.

Consistent tagging is key to unlocking the full value of the AWS Migration Acceleration Program.

EKS extended support provides a safety net for teams unable or who don’t prioritize upgrading Kubernetes versions on time, but it comes at a steep price.

By right-sizing GPU instances, enabling autoscaling, and leveraging sharing strategies like time slicing or MIGs, teams can significantly reduce GPU costs in Kubernetes.